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1、Am.Midl.Nat.155:383394ImproveScientificWritingandAvoidPerishingLESLIEN.CARRAWAYNash104,DepartmentofFisheriesandWildlife,OregonStateUniversity,Corvallis97331ABSTRACT.Thepurposeofscientificwritingistoimpartthoughtsorideasandtheirbasesandimplicationsinsuchamannerthatareadingaudience,
2、withatleastamoderateknowl-edgeofscience,canunderstandthematerialpresentedwithinapaper.Thiscarriesthenecessityofusingwordsinamannerthatclearlyimparttheintendedmeaningoftheauthorandnotgettingoffthesubjectasreflectedinthetitle.Also,thegoalofscientificwritingistoproduceamanuscriptwrit
3、tenfromtheperspectiveofstrength,ratherthanweakness.Idiscussappropriateformationoftitlessuchthattheintendedaudiencecanfindthetitlethroughbibliographicsources.Alsoincluded,toaidinthewritingofscientificmanuscripts,arediscussionsofwordsorsentenceswithunintendedconnotations,misuseofwor
4、ds,doubleentendres,slang,contrivedacronyms,jargon,danglersororphanedclausesandsuperfluouswords.Finally,rememberthattheobjectoftheartofscientificwritingistocommunicateinthemostconciseandprecisemannerpossible,itisnottopaintprettywordpictures.INTRODUCTIONThisdiscussionismyconceptofth
5、ewaythatascientificpapershouldorshouldnotbewritten.Itisnotintendedtocriticize,buttoimproveprecisionandenhancecommuni-cation.Noteveryonewillagreewithme,butthosewhofollowthesesuggestionslikelywillhavefewerrejectionsanddolessrevising.Inthiseraofpublishorperish,itisimperativetoproduc
6、emanuscriptsbasedonqualityresearch,buteventhebestresearchmaybelosttoscienceifthescientificcommunityisunabletounderstandthetextinwhichitispresented.Furthermore,thegoalofscientificwritingistoproduceamanuscriptwrittenfromtheperspectiveofstrength,ratherthanweakness.Consequently,approp
7、riatewordusage,syntaxandpunctuationareimperative.TITLESManypeople,whenaskedwhatisthemostcriticalorfar-reachingpartofascientificpaper,wouldanswer:theresultsorconclusionsdrawnfromtheresearchconducted.Ibegtodiffer.Thesinglemostcriticaliteminanyscientificpaperisthetitle.Hundreds,ifnot
8、thousands,ofpeoplewillreadatitlewhensearchingfo
